STATE v. HALL

No. 102,070.

257 P.3d 272 (2011)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Sterling Ray HALL, III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

August 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel L. Pickering , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Natalie A. Chalmers , assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Chadwick J. Taylor , district attorney, and Steve Six , attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CAPLINGER, J.:

In this direct appeal, Sterling Ray Hall, III, seeks reversal of his convictions of first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Hall asserts the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing argument by misstating the evidence and the law regarding the element of premeditation; by injecting his personal belief into closing argument; and by inflaming the passions of the jury by appealing to the...

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